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Sam Begley

3×3 · top 32.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010BEGL01

Sam Begley has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.60, set at Lawrence Spring 2015, puts him in the top 32.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,223rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since September 2010, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.15 in September 2010 to 17.60, a 69% improvement. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.9% of 284,439 all-time
17.60
signature single · Lawrence Spring 2015
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.6018.73
top 32.9%18,223 / 59,724
2×27.839.41
top 66.7%27,545 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed53.831:03.58
top 79.9%11,812 / 15,683

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Nebraska Open 2010: 57.15Lawrence Spring 2015: 17.60Kansas City Cubing 2015: 19.01CubeIowa 2018: 19.9217.6057.154 Sep 201014 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.60 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.